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Lecture series seeks nominations for third installment By Briana Montemayor @brimonte_carlo
A TIME TO ‘BE BOLD’
Photos by Darlean Wendels • The Collegian
(Top from left) Dr. Ram Nunna, Sharon Ramirez, Charah Coleman, (bottom from left) Dr. William Rice, Anthony Bailey and Dmitri Rogulkin were announced as the six winners in the inaugural “Bold Ideas Challenge.”
Six faculty and staff members awarded for improvement ideas By Antonio Henriques @TheCollegian
The Fresno State community responded in numbers to President Joseph Castro’s call to action to “be bold,” as the “Bold Ideas Challenge” solicited ideas from the campus community that would “help improve services to students, teaching, learning or pro-
cess improvements for the university.” Six faculty and staff members won the inaugural challenge, which featured more than 150 submissions. The winners were: ›› Sharon Ramirez, a Henry Madden Library administrative assistant, Idea: Create a one-stop-shop to steer students in the direction of services to address their needs. ›› Dr. Ram Nunna, dean of the Lyles College of Engineering, Idea: Establish an International Transfer Desk to aid incoming overseas students at Fresno State. ›› Dmitri Rogulkin, a senior research analyst in the Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Idea: Create an online campuswide
social network to better enable academic connections. ›› Anthony Bailey, a Plant Operations custodian, Idea: Start a week-long conference to highlight community issues. ›› Dr. William Rice, a marketing professor in the Craig School of Business, Idea: Host a President’s Community Solution Cup on campus. ›› Charah Coleman, a Financial Aid student personnel technician, Idea: Create an app to aid students with checking on their academic career needs. As an example, Rice’s idea is to create a
Fresno State Talks is now accepting nominations from students for the lecture series’ third year. The TED-Talks-style program is run by four students and one advisor who work together to ultimately choose three qualified professors to give lectures on their area of expertise. Students are encouraged to nominate a professor who they think has left a big impact in their life. Nomination forms are available until the end of the month. After the nomination period has closed, nominated professors are asked to submit a proposal for a lecture they would deliver. The Fresno State Talks committee will then go through each nomination and review what the students have said about the professors they have nominated, in addition to the professors’ abstracts. The committee ultimately selects three professors. Those professors are then contacted and asked if they accept the nominations. Breanne Scogin, the coordinator for leadership programs, spoke about the organization of the program. “The students are the ones that make the decision,” Scogin said. “They choose lectures that fit discovery, diversity and distinction.” Scogin said that the lectures the professors deliver are filmed and then are put up on Fresno State’s website. So far, each of the six lectures from the past two years have been filmed and made available. Kari Ball, a senior at Fresno State,
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INSIDE A&E: TONY BENNETT
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Orange County congresswoman speaks on campus By Jesse Franz
@JesseOfTheNews Advocating greater representation of Latinas in public office Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Anaheim) spoke in Fresno State’s Education Building Tuesday about her 18-year-career as a congresswoman. “I’m excited this year because
California has seven Latinas running for Congress,” Sanchez said. “That’s pretty exciting because we only have nine or 10 Latinas right now currently in the Congress.” Suzanna Aguilera-Marrero (D), one such Latina congressional candidate, introduced Sanchez. “In a traditionally male environment, [Sanchez] has suc-
ceeded in serving on some of the most important committees that you can serve on,” she said. Aguilera-Marrero is running for the 22nd District that encompasses parts of North Fresno and Clovis. Sanchez, the second-ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, was critical of the lack of representation for Latinos.
Speaking about committee meetings she’s a part of, she said, “When I sit in there, I’m usually the only woman and usually the only minority.” Sanchez also said the effects of lack of representation can be seen in critical issues such as immigration, and that many of the new representatives coming
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Bennett performs classics as the Big Fresno Fair wraps up another year. P4 Fresno stores in full gear for Halloween season. P5